Casing and marking gage.



W. A. BANFILL.

CASING AND MARKING GAGE.

APPLIOATION FILED 3513.18, 1909.

9245877. Patented June 15,1909.

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CASING AND MARKING GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1909.

924.877, I I Patented June 15, 1909.

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L ATFANT WILLIAM A. BANFILL, OF IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS.

CASING AND IVIARKING GAGE.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, l VILLIAM A. BANFILL, citizen of the United States,residing at Ipswich, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Casing and MarkingGages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to measuring instruments and has particularreference to a device fo marking door and window casings for the purposeof finishing the same in placing a plurality of equi-distantly spacedlines in the decorations thereof.

An object of this invention is to provide a gage which may be adjustedto different widths and which may be positioned slidably against thecasing in order to insure an equi-distant marking throughout the lengthof the frame thereof.

The invention further provides the. provision of a device of thischaracter which may be adjusted to different depths when it is desiredto place a number of such lines upon the casing and also to serve thepurpose of marking a plurality of casings of such a nature with the samemarkings and having the same equi-distantly spaced lines.

The invention has for a still further object the provision of a deviceof this character which is of simple construction and operation and onewhich may be manufactured economically, so as to produce a device whichwill be a practical advantage to painters and the like who at thepresent time depend upon the measurements of the ordinary rules.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a portion of the window or doorcasing having the improved gage applied to the upper end of the sameadjacent a corner block thereof. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the gage plate. Fig. 1 is a rearelevation of the complete gage. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the rearface of the gage plate, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the guideemployed in connection with the ga e.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 18, 1909.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Serial No. 478,610.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10 designates a metallic platewhich is of substantially rectangular formation and which is stamped soas to form cut-away portions 11 at the opposite corners of the same. Thecut-away portions 11 are graduated in size to correspond to the depth atwhich the gage is to be positioned from the edge of the frame on whichthe lines are to be marked and register with longitudinally disposedindentations 12 formed in the inner face of the plate 10. Theindentations 12 are disposed at the opposite corners of the plate 10 andare rectangular in form so as to enable the positioning of a guide 13against the inner face of the plate 10 in registration with one of thecut-away portions 11. The plate 10 is provided with a boss lt centrallydisposed upon the inner face thereof which is provided with a threadedaperture to receive the shank of a set-screw 15. The boss let is adaptedto engage within a T-slot formed intermediately of the guide 13, theguide 13 having an upstanding fiange 16 disposed about the edge of'thesame adjacent the T-slot and is adapted for the reception of the innerface of a washer 17 disposed about the set-screw and adapted to beimpinged thereby against the flange 16. The guide 18 is preferablyformed of sheet metal and provided about its outer edges, which arerectangular in relation, with an upstanding flange 18 which is employedfor the purpose of presenting an enlarged edge about the guide 13 toengage against the shouldered portion of the casing when in use.

In the drawings is disclosed a casing which comprises a corner block 19which is disposed at one corner of the casing and supported between theadjacent extremities of the beams :20 which form the frame or casing.The plate 10 is adapted for positioning against the lower inner cornerof the block 19 engaging one of the cut-away portions 11 thereagainst,the cut-away portion 11 corresponding to the depth at which the markingis to be positioned upon the beams 20 upon the inner edge of the same.The setscrew 15 is loosened and the plate which forms the guide 13 isslidably positioned about the boss 14 to engage one edge thereof inalinement and against the inner edge of the beam 20 when the set-screw15 is tightened and caused to retain the guide fixedly in such position.The gage can now be drawn downwardly in sliding engagement with the beam20 when the edge of the same will set forth the formation of the line tobe drawn. In a like manner the gage may be drawn along the edge of theopposite beam 20 in order to form a line upon the outer face of suchbeam in the same relation to the edge of the beam as the line. In thismanner a plurality of lines may be drawn in parallel and may bepositioned in the same relative relation upon the opposite beams 20. hena number of casings of this character are to be marked it is readilyobserved that the gage may be applied when once adjusted to all of thecasings and cause the same relative adjustments of the lines upon thesame.

A device of this character may be manufactured in difierent sizesaccording to the work upon which the same is to be employed and forms adevice which may be conveniently carried by painters and decorators andoccupy but small space.

The gage is also adapted to be employed in the construction of windowand door casings or frames and is utilized in forming a line or markingfor gaging the positioning of the facing which is placed upon the doorjamb. In utilizing the gage in this manner the guide 13 is secured inregistered relation to the indentations 12 which are registered with thegraduated cutaway portion and the corner of the plate 10 according tothe depth of the door jamb required, and the gage is then slidablypositioned against the frame and carried along the beams which form thesame marking with the pencil or other convenient means for effecting thepositioning of the inner edge of the plate, thus determining the placingof the facing of the frame upon the beam so as to admit of the extensionof a portion of the door jamb.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is z- 1. Adevice as specified comprising a metallic plate having the oppositecorners cutaway in graduated relation, a second plate of rectangularformation disposed in sliding relation upon said first plate and adap edfor registration with the cut-away portions formed therein, and meansfor securing said plates in adjustable position.

2. A device as specified comprising a rectangular metallic plate havinggraduated cut-away portions at its opposite corners and elongatedindentations formed upon the inner face thereof in registration with thecut-away portions, a boss centrally disposed upon said plate and havinga threaded aperture formed therethrough, a second plate of rectangularformation having a T slot formed therein for engagement about said boss,a flange formed about the inner edges of said second plate about theslot formed therein, a set-screw disposed through the slot in saidsecond plate and engaged in said boss and a washer interposed betweenthe head of said set-screw and said flange.

3. A device as specified comprising a rectangular plate having graduatedcut-away portions formed at its opposite corners, a guide adjustablydisposed against one face of said plate in registered relation to thecutaway portions formed therein for adjusting the edges of said plateupon casings and means for securing said guide upon said plate.

4. A device as specified comprising a rec tangular plate, havinggraduated cut-away portions at the opposite corners thereof, a guideadjustably disposed upon the face of said plate and means for clampingsaid guide upon said plate in registered relation to the cut-awayportions formed therein.

5. A device as specified comprising a reetangular plate having cut-awayportions in graduated relation at the opposite corners thereof, saidplate adapted for engagement upon the outer face of a beam of a windowcasing, a guide adjustably positioned upon the inner face of said platefor retaining said plate in adjusted position relative to the edge ofthe beam, and means for holding said plate and said guide to oneanother.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

lVILLIAM A. BANFILL. [1,. s] lVitnesses:

FRED F. BYRON,

CHARLES A. SAYWARD.

